"I had the privilege of visiting someone who turned 100 this week and was shown his letter from the President: a typed document, signed in ink by Michael D Higgins and clearly composed by the man himself because his distinctive voice rises up from it."
"I found myself handling that sheet of paper with something approaching reverence because it was concrete acknowledgment of a milestone few of us can expect to match."
A person who turned 100 received a typed letter signed in ink by President Michael D Higgins. The letter bore the president's distinctive voice and appeared composed by him. The visitor described handling the sheet of paper with reverence. The document served as a concrete acknowledgment of a centenary milestone that few people can expect to match. The president's personal signature and voice in the letter illustrated the seriousness with which he approaches the presidential office and his engagement with the people of Ireland. The gesture combined formality and personal warmth toward a celebrated individual.
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